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Govt offers pensioners 1.4 bln in backpay, opposition questions decision The long-awaited decision on compensating pensioners for retirement pay cuts ruled unconstitutional by Greece’s highest administrative court was unveiled by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament on Wednesday.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Athens hoping for de-escalation in Aegean as it seeks pension backpay solution There was a slight de-escalation in Greece’s latest stand-off with Turkey in the Aegean over the weekend, following a particularly tense few days for Athens.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Court ruling on pension backpay creates dilemma for PM Greece’s highest administrative court handed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis a hot potato, in political and fiscal terms, on Tuesday, when it delivered a much-anticipated ruling on backpay for pensioners.
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EconomyFeatures
Multiple fronts and falling revenues pose pensions challenge for government The government is facing a complex landscape in dealing with Greece’s long-standing pensions issue, exacerbated by the latest challenge of declining revenues and an impending back payment ruling.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Economic relief eyed as Greece launches fourth round of lockdown easing The fourth stage of the easing of Greece’s lockdown began on Monday, when cafes and restaurants were permitted to welcome sitting customers – another move that the government hopes will ease the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Society Nearly half of all households still rely on pensions for income, survey shows Research from the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (GSEVEE) has shown that pensions financially support almost half of all households in Greece.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Government braces for reaction to pension bill The government is due to submit to Parliament on Monday the pension bill it has been working on for the past few months
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Poll shows support for ND in several policy areas as pension bill debate heats up The pension bill, which the government put to public consultation last week, will be among the main issues in the political debate this week as SYRIZA seeks to counter New Democracy’s attempt to present the draft law as ushering in the first series of pension increases since the start of the crisis.
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EconomyProgramme
Lenders set out key review issues as Athens tables proposals for fiscal space Greece’s fifth enhanced surveillance review formally kicked off on Wednesday when the heads of mission started their meetings with the Greek authorities, following a week of preparatory work by the technical teams.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Pension bill to be unveiled as govt prepared for fifth post-MoU review Following a week when foreign policy dominated the political agenda in Greece, the government’s attention turns to the more mundane matters of the fifth enhanced surveillance review and pension reform in the coming days.